Tank for combined harvesters and thrashers



Feb. 7, 1928.

C. F. STRAND ET Al.

TANK FOR COMBINED HARVESTERS AND THRASHERS Filed March 2l, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 7, 1928.

c. F. STRAND rz'r AL TANK FOR COMBINED HARVESTERS AND THASHERS Filed March 21. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www emilie PAENT'k-QFFIE.

@CARL LTEKED STRAND N13 CARL ERICE JOHNSON', OF HUTCE'INSGN, SAS, A8- SEE'GNRS DE ONE-THRD TO 'ALBIN BENSQN, 0?? HUTCHENSUN, IIS-A8,

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tiiewsicie as et. present. To discharge the tank spout 2545 is provided 11m/'ing e, gebe conirolied by evei' te fiom the ril'ivers seat l of the machine. The botom oi. this spout lies in the seme plane :is the sopng bottom of the taille, which extends continuously u ward from iiieiower lip oi the s out il the oaeii of the meek at e, else ibo oth endif at alf-alg 'The i'esui; oi iiie is that r tank ie seiieoherging Wiiieoua til d' whisk wouw m impoeeioie wiish any form oi @huize ei iiiieimeieee eseiei ,new im uee; to our* lmowedge. The im"w orienee oi this ceiistmetion ie due to the limited amount of space available and the necessity for maintaining iiie ioad baienoed 0176i` the bull wheei. A tipping hopper is imposebie, as it wooid eihex mieke the meohine top. heavy or 'tiiiow it out oir' balance 'de inteiiupting che opeiaiion While dsohal'ging the hoper.

it is to e particularly noted that om' device is not trough oi' spou'e, or conveyer membe, but a. etolege *seek or receptacle im@ 'which greife sheii be run from and through the trough, im' nhe 'purpose of oon- `veyiug the eii'i holding the same 1miii it is accumulated in iei'ge yenough quan- 't-es to ioade we on. The modem comiiinetion machines eve tirough or spout 'et the top of: e@ the iop of the elevator head, iong enough to load the grain to the Wagon, but no storage capacity. in our mn.- chine We provide this siorage capacity in our tank which, beside keine' iiireotly over the bull wheel, ie against 'me eide of che ma chine, fitting closely againsi it so it een have suicient carrying capacity to be oi'value,

and we festen our tank so es io be stationery, Wiihou; eitheiintent or enger of tpg5 ping, whereby balance is .meinteined and@ the machine can 'oe opeiated Wiiiie iihe tank or bin is being disehmged 'into e, Wagon.

it is to be undeieood that some chzinges in deizeiie may ine moie Withoue fieperting wo from our invention, enti We contem late'all such ehenges es eii iziiriy Within i: e scope mi' the appended oleiiiie:

L A combine@ {gminlhm'veeter and eepn- 105 Teton ineiudimg "e framework elevator and' mill wheel, in combineiion; e gmin trink arzmigec beneath tile oiliiet .of seid elevator mid suppomeci veicei'ly ebove the bull Wheel by iframe elemente eupported on 'the 11o machine fra-Ine inside and outside said bull Wheel, said tank being balanced with respect to the bull wheel by liaving'its 'center of gravity within the outer bearing thereof, a gate normally closed arranged in the outer wall of said tank, a floor for said tank, slopin downwardly from the ends and back towar s said gate, and means for projecting grain from said tank beyond the outerl face of the bull wheel when vsaid gate is opened. l

2. The combination claimed in claim Il, in which the tank is extended lengthwise along the frame, above the bull Wheel in order to reduce its width without reducing its content, and is provided with ay floor sloping' from both ends toward the gate, whereby it is lyossible to produce balancing by keeping t e center of gravity over the bull wheel structure.

3. In combination `with a combined grain harvester and separator including a framework, elevator and bull wheel: a grain tank arranged beneath the outlet of said elevator and Supported above the bull Wheel by frame elements; a downwardly and outwardly sloping floor for said tank, and a gate, normally closed, arranged in the outer wall of said tank -in a plane parallel to but beyond the plane of the outer face of the bull wheel.

4:. A combined grain harvester and thrash- 5. ln combination with a combined grain harvester and separator, including a framework, elevator and bull Wheel, a grain Stor age tank of wagonload capacity arranged beneath the outlet oi said elevator und supported above the hull wheel by frame elements7 said storage tank alternately accumulating and discharging the thraslied grain in Wagon loads, and provided with an elevated discharge for the thrashed grain locatedv at the side of the combined harvester and thrasher at sullicient elevation to load the wagon or truck, and means for controlling the discharge of grain from the storage tank.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aix our signatures.

CARL FRED STRAND. CARL ERICK JOHNSON. 

